A regional community services organisation partnered with Advania to modernise its IT infrastructure and enable more flexible and collaborative ways of working.
🔎At a glance
- UK community services provider
- Approximately 180 core employees
- Multiple regional locations
- Workforce supporting youth and community programmes
🚨The challenge
The organisation relied on a legacy infrastructure model based on data centre colocation and thin-client devices, which limited flexibility and collaboration.
Key challenges included:
- Inflexible and unreliable thin-client infrastructure
- Limited support for mobile and hybrid working
- Legacy applications requiring modernisation
- Need for secure access to systems across locations
💡The approach
Advania delivered a modern cloud-first architecture and digital workplace transformation.
The engagement included:
- Migration to Microsoft 365 cloud services
- Deployment of modern Windows devices managed via Intune
- Implementation of identity security including MFA and SSO
- SharePoint intranet development
- Hybrid cloud infrastructure supporting legacy applications
- Network upgrades across multiple office locations
☑️The outcome
The transformation provided a secure and flexible technology platform supporting collaboration and remote working.
Key outcomes included:
- Reliable cloud-based collaboration tools
- Secure access to applications from any location
- Modern device management platform
- Improved communications and file sharing
⚡️Why this matters
Modern digital workplaces allow community organisations to focus resources on delivering services rather than managing complex infrastructure.
